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Asif Ahmed Barbhuiya

Asif Ahmed Barbhuiya

Dubai

Summary

A skillful professional with 16 years of IT experience. Strongly developed skills in DevOps, Build and Release, Continuous Integration, Cloud and DevSecOps. Seasoned interpersonal skills, strong work ethic, and ability to stay organized within fast-paced and multidisciplinary organizations.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

DevOps Manager

Altair Engineering
05.2021 - 10.2023
  • Manage a DevOps Team providing stable internal infrastructure and facilitating rapid iteration and release of features
  • Own the DevOps Capability for a specific business unit with responsibility for overall vision and roadmap of DevOps projects within the DevOps COE
  • Implementation & Maintenance of a Kubernetes multi-cluster environment with Terraform (IaC)
  • Design, Maintain, and Optimize the CI pipelines in Jenkins and GitLab
  • Implementation and maintenance of CI/CD infrastructure
  • Implement and maintenance of monitoring and logging tools (Zabbix, Nagios, ELK, Splunk)
  • Integrate tools like Git, Jira, Jenkins to build end to end delivery pipeline
  • Collaborating with IT Security to move towards Zero Trust Security Model
  • Introduce security at every stage of software delivery by integrating security controls, tools, and processes into the DevOps workflow
  • Design and develop installers/packaging using InstallAnywhere for various Altair products.

DevOps Team Lead

Altair Engineering
03.2020 - 04.2021
  • Implement DevOps solutions using open-source projects to enable faster builds as well as facilitate better communication of results throughout the organization
  • Increased docker adoption for ease in deployment and testing
  • Automating provisioning of on-demand cloud resources for Jenkins builds
  • Automating infrastructure provisioning using Terraform
  • Using multi-cloud resources for Jenkins builds, deployment, and automation testing.

Team Lead

Altair Engineering
12.2015 - 02.2020
  • Worked on Infrastructure Automation, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery and Build & Release Management in an Agile Development setup
  • Administration and maintenance of Atlassian Products (Jira, Confluence, Bamboo)
  • Migration of legacy build systems to more modern tools like Jenkins using virtual machines and docker containers
  • Implement performance improvement initiatives utilizing performance reviews and platform quality tests
  • Led packaging using InstallAnywhere.

Sr. Application Developer (Build & Release)

Fujitsu Consulting
04.2012 - 12.2015
  • Coordinate daily Build & Release management activities
  • Design, Automate, Setup and Maintain Scalable Infrastructure
  • Effectively support Dev and Test environments
  • Perform build and release activities on new and existing applications along with enhancements to CI tools and infrastructure
  • Work on several projects together with development and operations
  • Document build, release, and deployment processes.

Build & Release Engineer

Infinite Computer Solutions
06.2010 - 04.2012
  • Worked as a Build & Release Engineer for client Fujitsu on UK based projects
  • Document and maintain procedures for deployment, support, and version control processes
  • Build and deployment of Builds/Patches using Ant Scripts
  • Version Control using CVS, PVCS and Dimensions
  • Delivering the final builds into PVCS and Dimensions
  • Automated deployments of application on Apache, JBoss, WebSphere
  • Deployment of applications in Linux environment
  • Writing bash scripts for housekeeping and automated installation of applications in Linux environments
  • Exposure to MSI packaging using InstallShield.

Release Engineer

TutorVista Global Pvt Ltd
12.2009 - 05.2010
  • Coordinate with Engineering Quality group to deploy product changes to the staging, production system
  • Automating the release management processes and improving the overall system and productivity
  • Implementing tools for the release administration, source version control system
  • Managing SVN code repositories: branching, merging and patch fixes
  • Package and deploy the builds on a QA and Dev environments
  • Educating various teams about the SCM Plans and processes.

Release Management Engineer

Ocwen Financial Solutions
04.2007 - 11.2009
  • Controlling access to code repository, granting access to developers, and creating user groups
  • Branching & merging various customer repositories
  • Administering & maintaining various source code repositories
  • Managing documentation for a Release / Project
  • Setting up different environments for New Releases or new environments
  • Writing UNIX scripts to automate the Build process
  • Change Control and ensuring that changes are implemented properly.

Education

M. Sc. Computer Science -

Assam University
01.2006

Skills

  • Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Ansible
  • AWS, Azure, OCI
  • Jenkins/Bamboo Build Pipelines
  • GitLab CI / GitOps
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Shell Scripting
  • Monitoring & Logging
  • Jira Administration
  • InstallAnywhere
  • GitHub/GitLab Administration
  • Cybersecurity

Certification

  • Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate [AZ-104], 12/2023
  • HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (002), HASHICORP, 09/2022
  • Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals [SC-900], MICROSOFT, 06/2022
  • MS AZURE Fundamentals [AZ-900], MICROSOFT, 08/2021
  • AWS Certified Solution Architect, 06/2018
  • ITIL Intermediate Certificate in IT Release, Control and Validation, AXELOS, 12/2015
  • PRINCE 2 PRACTITIONER, AXELOS, 06/2015
  • PRINCE 2 Foundation, AXELOS, 06/2015
  • ITIL V3 Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management, AXELOS, 06/2014

Strengths

  • Persistent, yet patient in seeking excellence!
  • Resourceful, proactive and take initiative to create value and gain respect.
  • Resilient Professional, inquisitive, analytic, and attentive to detail.
  • Lead with a hands-on approach
  • Cultural Awareness and sensitivity
  • Strong business understanding,communication & negotiation skills with an agile mind-set.

Languages

ENGLISH
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
BENGALI
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
HINDI
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
FRENCH
Beginner (A1)

Profession Trainings

  • Agile Workshop (Internal Training)
  • Advanced DevOps Workshop (Internal Training)
  • Terraform (Udemy)
  • Kubernetes (Udemy)
  • Ansible (Udemy)
  • Docker (Udemy)

Timeline

DevOps Manager

Altair Engineering
05.2021 - 10.2023

DevOps Team Lead

Altair Engineering
03.2020 - 04.2021

Team Lead

Altair Engineering
12.2015 - 02.2020

Sr. Application Developer (Build & Release)

Fujitsu Consulting
04.2012 - 12.2015

Build & Release Engineer

Infinite Computer Solutions
06.2010 - 04.2012

Release Engineer

TutorVista Global Pvt Ltd
12.2009 - 05.2010

Release Management Engineer

Ocwen Financial Solutions
04.2007 - 11.2009

M. Sc. Computer Science -

Assam University
  • Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate [AZ-104], 12/2023
  • HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (002), HASHICORP, 09/2022
  • Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals [SC-900], MICROSOFT, 06/2022
  • MS AZURE Fundamentals [AZ-900], MICROSOFT, 08/2021
  • AWS Certified Solution Architect, 06/2018
  • ITIL Intermediate Certificate in IT Release, Control and Validation, AXELOS, 12/2015
  • PRINCE 2 PRACTITIONER, AXELOS, 06/2015
  • PRINCE 2 Foundation, AXELOS, 06/2015
  • ITIL V3 Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management, AXELOS, 06/2014
Asif Ahmed Barbhuiya